[Sigmed-l] [Fwd: [Trisociety] Symposium Announcement: Trisociety / DASER 3]

[KT Vaughan]

Excuse cross-posting.  Please share the following announcement with your 
colleagues and students!  This is a preconference to the 2006 ASIST 
Annual Meeting.

What: The Shape of Things to Come: The 8th Quadrennial Trisociety Symposium / 3rd DASER Summit
When: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 9am-5pm 
Symposium URL: https://www.asis.org/Conferences/Daser/index.htm

Why:
The 8th Quadrennial Tri Society Symposium / 3rd DASER Summit will focus on questions of how libraries and information centers are shaping the digital information world, and how they are being shaped by it. Many have wondered if libraries -- and librarians -- will even exist in the 
22nd century. The Symposium assumes scientists, engineers, and physicians will continue to need information professionals. Instead, we ask the questions: What is a "library"? Where are  libraries in the digital revolution? What does a physical "library" look like? What is a "librarian?" Research and opinion from leaders in cutting edge library and information centers will prove both enlightening and inspiring.

Preliminary Schedule:
Fred Heath (Vice Provost, University of Texas @ Austin Libraries) - The physical transformation of library space
Carole Palmer (Assoc. Professor, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign GSLIS) - Changing habits and needs of information users
Danielle Plumer (Faculty, University of Texas @ Austin School of Information) - New technologies in libraries
Jack Maness (Librarian, University of Colorado @ Boulder Engineering Library) - Use of social networking and social communication technologies for library services

Roundtable lunch (included in registration) on topics of attendees' choice

Panel of Visionaries:
Michael Leach (Director, Physics Research Library and the Kummel Library of Geological Sciences, Harvard University and President, ASIS&T)
Martha Bedard (Associate Dean of Libraries & Director, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University)
David Flaxbart (Head, Mallet Chemistry Library, University of Texas @ Austin)

Conversations will continue at dutch-treat dinners in the lovely 6th Street area of Austin.

History:
The Trisociety Symposium on Chemical Information was founded in the late 
1970s as a partnership among the three chemical informatics groups 
associated with ASIS&T, the ACS, and SLA.

The DASER Summit was begun in 2003 as a joint project of the ASIS&T 
SIG/STI and the NEASIST Chapter. The 2003 Summit focused on digital 
archives in science from a broad perspective. The 2005 Summit, 
cosponsored by SIG/STI and the Potomac Valley Chapter, looked at open 
access publishing in STM.

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